Montgomery Community Media

A free online session about addiction will be open to the public on Wednesday, June 30 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Montgomery County’s Department of Health and Human Services’ Behavioral Health and Crisis Services team staff will use the meeting to talk about addiction signs, symptoms, treatments and services, according to a press release from […]

El gobernador Larry Hogan anunció planes para levantar el estado de emergencia de Maryland el 1 de julio. La acción pondría fin a todos los mandatos y restricciones del estado relacionados con COVID-19. Hogan declaró el estado de emergencia el 5 de marzo de 2020, el mismo día que anunció que tres residentes del condado […]

La comunidad hispana en el condado de Montgomery representa el 20% de la población, y según los datos más recientes del gobierno local, el 17.49% ha recibido al menos una dosis de la vacuna contra el Covid-19. En total el 50% de los residentes de Montgomery se ha vacunado completamente, es decir ha recibido las […]

Three new cases reported on Tuesday Montgomery County averaged 0.7 new cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 residents Tuesday, according to the data from the county’s COVID-19 information portal. This is the lowest case rate recorded since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. Montgomery County recorded three new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing […]

The Montgomery County Council on Tuesday endorsed a $300,000 grant from the Maryland Department of Commerce to participate in a feasibility study for a Pandemic Prevention Center. In May, the county agreed to spend $500,000 to develop a business model for the center. If the center receives adequate funding and is supported by more organizations, […]

La iniciativa del condado de Montgomery Salud y Bienestar está organizando un evento virtual en español a través de Facebook para orientar a padres de familia, líderes juveniles y educadores sobre la vacuna contra el COVID-19 para adolescentes de 12 años en adelante. El evento será transmitido en vivo el martes 22 de junio a […]

Beginning July 1, people experiencing mental health issues can opt into a friendly call-in program to receive regular wellness calls or texts under a new Maryland law named in memory of the the son of U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, who died from suicide. The Thomas Bloom Raskin Act, which was signed into law April 13 […]

Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Tuesday that the COVID-19 State of Emergency in Maryland will end on July 1 meaning that all emergency restrictions and mandates will lift. Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich says although things are moving in the right direction, the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic still lingers. “This is not the end of […]

The Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services is hosting the inaugural Pride in the Plaza. Pride in the Plaza is an LGBTQ+ health and wellness awareness fair that will take place from 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday, June 27. The event will be at Veterans Plaza in Silver Spring and open with a […]

Montgomery County Council sat as the Board of Health to get COVID-19 updates during a virtual meeting on Tuesday. According to Deputy Health Officer Dr. James Bridgers, the county is making “great strides” in testing and vaccination efforts. Here are some highlights from the meeting: According to the Montgomery County Vaccine Distribution Dashboard, as of […]